An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
One poem by Caoimhe McKeogh
The quiet power of this work by New Zealand poet Caoimhe McKeogh is a lesson in prose poetry – beautifully controlled language evoking the poignant image of a tune lost and found.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two poems by Gail Ingram
New Zealand poet Gail Ingram teases and delights us with her vivid imagery and playfulness with words as she peels back layers of our culture, challenging us with her implications.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two poems by Jena Woodhouse
Delve into the dark world of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch through these two evocative poems in the ekphrastic tradition by Australian poet Jena Woodhouse!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two poems by Jules Leigh Koch
In our age of overblown expression, the chiselled lines and deliberate imagism of Australian poet Jules Leigh Koch are a real treat!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
One poem by Kathryn Fry
See the poetry in scientific discovery through the discerning and tender eye of Australian poet Kathryn Fry!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
One poem by Kit Willett
There is a wistfulness to this playful postmodern piece by New Zealand poet, Kit Willett, which will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading it!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two Poems by Featured Poet, Judith Beveridge
Not for nothing is Judith Beveridge known as ‘one of Australia’s most gifted poets of both the natural and the human world’, as these two works amply demonstrate!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two poems by Anne M Carson
These two compositions by Australian poet Anne M Carson are as sensual and precisely structured as the music that inspired them!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
1 Poem by John Bartlett
History and a lingering sense of grief come together in this haunting work by Australian poet John Bartlett which delves into the enduring legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two poems by Kimberly K Williams
Kimberly K Williams knows just how to hold up a mirror to the precise nature of her wonderment at nature, and we find ourselves immersed in her delicate reflections.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
1 poem by John Robert Grogan
Let yourself be carried along by the lyricism and tightly packed melancholy of this villanelle by Irish-Australian poet, John Robert Grogan!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
1 Poem by Geoff Page
Australian poet Geoff Page gives us pause in this wryly contemplative depiction of our demise in ages past, ‘before the age of masks’.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
ONE POEM BY NICOLE SELLERS
City dwellers, this provocative poem by Nicole Sellers, with its ironic delivery and thickly packed images, will make you look twice at how you live your life!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
A Poem by Kathy Parker
Kathy Parker conjures up seasonal melancholy with a languorous longing, and a sensitive rendering of its subtler aspects.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
1 Poem By Rohan Buettel
Rohan Buettel’s light, at times wry, touch coupled with his sharp powers of observation make these haiku/senryu a delight for both the mind and the senses!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Two Poems by Alicia Sometimes
If ‘the poetry of science’ sounds like a contradiction in terms, immerse yourself in these works by Alicia Sometimes, in whose hands scientific discovery, amongst other things, becomes an apt subject for poetry.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Wendy Dunn
Australian novelist and poet, Wendy J Dunn, lures you through a delicate poetic meditation on the nature of creativity, reminding us that each artistic creation is an act of courage.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Geoffrey Forrester
Under the softly expert eye of Australian poet Geoffrey Forrester (Tug Dumbly), the simple ritual of a common haircut is delved into and its implications expanded in a way that cannot fail to delight!
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
A Poem By Brett Dionysius
Australian poet Brett Dionysius coaxes us back in time to the burial of a plant by an Ice Age squirrel, and how that plant may feel to be ‘woken’ from a 32,000-year-old sleep.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
1 POEM BY FRASER MACKAY
Australian poet Fraser Mackay dances in the space between regret and speculation, expertly exploring the unsettled nature of relationships while leaving us with a lingering sense of hope.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Daragh Byrne
Irish-born, Daragh Byrne has lived in Sydney for a decade. He writes informed by a longstanding meditation practice and his background in physics.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Moya Pacey
Moya Pacey co-edits the on-line journal, 'Not Very Quiet'
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Amanda McLeod
Amanda McLeod is a Canberra-based writer and artist. Her debut flash fiction, Animal Behaviour (Chaffinch Press, 2020), came out on July 3 2020.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by emerging poet Georgina Ashworth
Emerging poet Georgina Ashworth was winner of the ECU’s Talus Prize in the poetry category (2017), she was also the judging panel’s favourite for the Yarra Libraries Receipt Poetry Competition, as part of the Digital Writers Festival (2019).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Eugen Bacon
Eugen Bacon’s work has won, been shortlisted, longlisted or commended in national and international awards, including the Bridport Prize, Copyright Agency Prize, Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Award, Australian Shadows Awards and Nommo Award for Speculative Fiction by Africans.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts is a writer, critic and publisher, he co-edits the online journal Rochford Street Review and, with Linda Adair, runs Rochford Press.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Prose poetry by Rebecca Myers
Rebecca Myers is an Irish-born, New Zealand-based poet and playwright.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Magdalena Ball
Magdalena Ball is the author of several published books of poetry and fiction, including High Wire Step (Flying Island Press, 2018) and Unreliable Narratives (Girls on Key Press, 2019).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Ian C Smith
Ian C Smith’s seventh book is wonder sadness madness joy (Ginninderra Press, 2015). He writes in the Gippsland Lakes area of Victoria, and on Flinders Island, Tasmania.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Brenda Proudfoot
Brenda Proudfoot was a finalist in the Joanne Burns Microlit Award (2019), and two of her stories are shortlisted for the Microflix Writers Award (2020).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Poetry by Frankie McMillan
Frankie McMillan was winner of the New Zealand Poetry International competition (2009)
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Stephen Oliver
Stephen Oliver’s latest poetry collection is The Song of Globule / 80 Sonnets (Greywacke Press, 2020), and a chapbook, Heroides / 15 Sonnets (Puriri Press, 2020).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Beth Spencer
Beth Spencer was winner of the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award (2018) for The Age of Fibs, Her books include Vagabondage (UWAP, 2014) and Things in a Glass Box (FIP, 1994).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Helen Anderson
Helen Anderson is a past winner of the Auckland War Memorial Museum ‘Lest We Forget’ Poetry Competition. Her poetry arises from the people and environment of her beautiful, damaged and hopeful country.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Laura Jan Shore
Laura Jan Shore won the Martha Richardson Poetry Prize (2012) and the FAW John Shaw Nielson Award (2009)
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 poems by Denise Teresa O’Hagan
Denise Teresa O’Hagan’s poetry is published in Fast Fibres Poetry Five (2018), Fresh Ink anthology (2017) and elsewhere.
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
2 new poems by Paul Williamson
Paul Williamson is author of five collections, including the recent Edge of Southern Bright (Ginninderra Press, 2017).
An Astráil: With Denise O'Hagan
Hymns of Thanksgiving at the Existentialist Café – Phillip Hall
Phillip Hall’s publications include Sweetened in Coals (Ginninderra Press, 2014), Borroloola Class (IPSI, 2018), Fume (UWAP, 2018) and (as editor) Diwurruwurru: Poetry from the Gulf of Carpentaria (Blank Rune Press, 2015).
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